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A selection of recent articles on this topic
No Authority Over Divine Law
In his column this week, George Weigel writes that “it cannot be the case that a grave…
How Does Catholic Identity Affect Hookup Culture?
Early research into hookup culture on Catholic campuses indicated that Catholic campuses were just like secular campuses.…
A Response to Archbishop Victor Fernandez
Argentine Archbishop Victor Fernandez has taken liberties in his role as ghostwriter for Pope Francis. Michael Pakaluk,…
We See Through a Sonogram, Darkly
“Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?” It’s the last defense of cheating…
Time for Parents to Resist Transgender Activism
Gender ideology seemed a ridiculous and improbable threat when I first considered its claims of male brains…
A Response to the Bishops of Malta
The Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano has published a document by the bishops of Malta to the priests of…
Rogue One and the Return of Reverence
Star Wars is—or should be—a religious franchise. The Jedi are a monastic order trained in contemplating and…
Silence: Scorsese’s Spiritual Masterpiece
It has taken almost thirty years for Martin Scorsese to film Silence, Shūsaku Endō’s novel about Catholic…
Hast Thou Considered the Heptapod?
Communication between different ideological worlds has never been more necessary and never seemed more impossible. This is…
The Troubling Legacy of Shūsaku Endō’s Silence
Shūsaku Endō’s Silence is now widely regarded as a modern classic. The initial reaction of Japanese Catholics,…
First Things, the Live Option
Christian undergraduates at elite universities often feel forced into a troubling dichotomy: They may go “all-in” for…
Shūsaku Endō’s Swamp
Silence, the haunting 1966 Shūsaku Endō novel of faith, apostasy, and martyrdom in seventeenth-century Japan, tells the…
A Christmas Eve Carol
When did I first become aware of Jesus Christ? Every idea has its own history. What was…
Advent in the Deathworks
Ryszard Legutko observes in The Demon in Democracy that the cultured despisers of religion will not rest…
The Ingredients of Christian Witness
Two oz. scotch (cheap stuff will do just fine). 1 oz. tawny port. A handful of namkeen.…
